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Post by squirmydad on Jan 1, 2014 14:31:45 GMT -9
The theme for this months HOARD is Lost Time This can be any sort of miniature on the above theme or feel free to submit miniatures off theme. If you submit a figure, they must include both front and rear art, have a proper trimming outline, and include instructions for multi-part models. Recolors and figure mods are encouraged, and even uncolored designs are welcome. No nudity or sexuality, but bloody gory and horrifying is encouraged. If you have questions about how to design your figures, like formats, resolution, and stuff like that, see the HOARD GUIDELINES in this forum category. Entries for the Hoard will be accepted until the last day of January, 2014. Lost Time? What the heck is Lost Time? Remember all of those figure and model ideas you had but ran out of time to finish them? Well now I'm giving that time back to you to bring those old projects to a close and share them with the community. Some radio psychologists believe that unfinished projects are a source of continuing stress in your life so this Hoard is here to give you the opportunity to close those "stress loops" and feel better about yourself. Or maybe it's about Dinosaurs and Chronal Explorers. Have fun!
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Post by glennwilliams on Jan 2, 2014 7:23:51 GMT -9
Lost time as in people and dinosaurs, pulp, that sort of thing? Ah, poutpurri or however you spell it.
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Post by colonelshofer on Jan 2, 2014 9:33:10 GMT -9
Can I pls suggest the next one be 'Cinema Heroes and Villains' - sci fi, horror, etc CS
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Post by squirmydad on Jan 2, 2014 11:23:32 GMT -9
Can I pls suggest the next one be 'Cinema Heroes and Villains' - sci fi, horror, etc CS Done! The choice for February has been made.
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Jan 8, 2014 8:43:48 GMT -9
This idea started before Christmas, but thanks to the Blizzard of '14, and 3 days snowed in, I've managed to get a little more done. The sleigh and reindeer should be ready for Lucky 113. I'll put up more as I finish it. GM64 Edit: (the figs are my virtual Serenity gals...used for scale help in sketchup.....) (maybe I'll do some Disney Frozen figs to go with it for the next hoard) And here's the artwork for the reindeer figs:
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Post by Vermin King on Jan 8, 2014 9:01:13 GMT -9
Those are really looking good. Sorry about the blizzard, but not sorry that you had time to work on this.
Will the sleigh have inner and outer pieces? Either way is fine. I can always do a mirror print.
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Jan 8, 2014 9:06:47 GMT -9
Yup, it will have an inside. Maybe a seat too....I haven't decided about that yet... GM64
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Jan 8, 2014 9:12:22 GMT -9
What process do you use to go from sketchup to your actual printed model? I've only used sketchup twice to model something, and I'm pretty sure I've gone and found the hardest ways to get something done.
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Jan 8, 2014 9:33:21 GMT -9
What process do you use to go from sketchup to your actual printed model? I've only used sketchup twice to model something, and I'm pretty sure I've gone and found the hardest ways to get something done. Sketchup is a great program, but there's a few add-ons to sketchup that really help. One is an unfolder....can't remember the name of it at the moment, but it shouldn't be too hard to find. The other is called "flight of ideas" svg exporter.....it does a better job than the unfolder of exporting flat object from sketchup to vector graphics and keep the size and scale. Another good sketchup add-on is the "make grid". I start with a 1 inch grid that's about 20" by 20" to start playing around. I also copy in some of the virtual figs I've already done to get an idea of scale as I work. If you start and finish on Sketchup with the final printed size you want, there's less chance of screwing up the scale. Then I export an SVG (or several separate SVG's of each part) and mess around in CorelDraw with the vector image....add tabs and interior parts and stuff (the unfolder will do tabs right in sketchup....but I don't like the way it does it....). All plain white shapes with black .15 inch line outlines. Then I export the outline page as a BMP, and paint in textures with CorelPHotoPaint or Gimp.... Then most of the time I'll import back into CorelDraw to do the page layout over top of the full page BMP(titles and instructions). Then export a final JPG or PDF to share.... If you keep all your pages 8.5x11, and start with actual size in sketchup....it makes things a lot smoother..... Hope that helps... GM64 Edit...if you look at the sketchup pic you can see the virtual figs and the 1" grid. The other thing to keep in mind is that you have to keep your separate parts separate for the unfold to work. For the sleigh, the body is one "group", and the runners is another. You can see them unfolded as two objects at the back of the pic. You can also see the shadow of my "scale monolith" that's just to the left of the image. It's just a big rectangle with figure heights and a real size scale written on the side for reference when I play around in Sketchup.....
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Jan 8, 2014 9:55:27 GMT -9
That's a big help, knowing there are more plugins at play. I've used some unfolding plugin successfully in sketchup, but I didn't know how to go from sketchup to GIMP. I think the last thing I did was attempt to print to PDF from sketchup, or just take a screenshot from a top-down view of my model, then in GIMP I'd scale it, and trace the blurry lines. I really appreciate you sharing some details!
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Jan 8, 2014 10:21:32 GMT -9
You'll need a vector image editor (for the SVG files) that can export as pixel (BMP or Png). InkScape is pretty decent free program for this.
Another really good thing to do is make use of Youtube tutorials on SketchUp (and Gimp and InkScape).
Seriously....I spent half a day going over the first dozen or so SketchUp tutorials....and suddenly the whole program made much more sense and I found tons of much easier ways to do stuff I was trying.
I can't recommend watching (and playing along with) the tutorials highly enough.
It is the one detour from your creative process that you absolutely won't regret!
GM64.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Jan 8, 2014 10:32:26 GMT -9
I'm still consuming my time watching YouTube tutorials on how to do nifty tricks in GIMP. Well, that and cat videos. If only keyboard cat would do sketchup tutorials!
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Post by grendelsmother64 on Jan 8, 2014 11:10:26 GMT -9
Here's a shot with my "Scale Monolith" in the background. With a two inch ruler image pasted on one side and a 30mm Captain Mal on another. It really helps make sure when I'm goofing around with ideas that I keep the scale in mind. GM64
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Post by kane on Jan 29, 2014 20:40:02 GMT -9
I've been posting about Kings of War and needed something for Revenants. The regular skeletons are just gonna be skeletons. Revenants are supposed to be heavier armored. The command skeletons certainly look the part, but with only 3, a unit would quickly look repetitive. SO, made two new ones so each rank contains 5 unique models. Remixed the parts from the other 3 command skeletons to come up with these.
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Post by squirmydad on Jan 30, 2014 7:25:36 GMT -9
Excellent.
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Post by mesper on Jan 30, 2014 9:59:25 GMT -9
Lost time as in people and dinosaurs, pulp, that sort of thing... Ooo... nice idea! May I submit some raptor-like or dino minis?
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Post by Vermin King on Jan 30, 2014 11:41:04 GMT -9
Of course you can!
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Post by zygrott24 on Jan 30, 2014 20:21:05 GMT -9
I am tossing in an old ogre I had lying around. I was playing a lot with textures so he is a bit messy but it will have to do for now. I don't want to miss the cut off . I will try to get him test printed tomorrow to work out the bugs in the lineup of the two sides. dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67457759/Texture_Ogre_001.pdf
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Post by mesper on Jan 31, 2014 8:49:57 GMT -9
Then here is first version of Fantasy (!) Raptor Could be be also brown/gray skin color, not sure which one looks better I'll submit png version after finishing B-side
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Post by kane on Jan 31, 2014 18:39:35 GMT -9
More for your war-gaming pleasure! Elf Mage based on Jim's standard and pike commander.
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Post by zygrott24 on Jan 31, 2014 18:46:25 GMT -9
Here is a slightly improved version of the ogre with lighter colors (he was too dark in 1st my test print). www.dropbox.com/s/4ozzjg7r33nyeor/ogre%20clean03%20flat.pdfI seem to have this issue often (darker than intended colors or slightly off colors on printing). Should I be working in a specific palate better suited for printing (I use CS2 photoshop and Illustrator since those are available for free)? Any advice or tricks you guys use to get the screen colors to print true would be appreciated.
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Post by wyvern on Feb 1, 2014 8:51:51 GMT -9
Then here is first version of Fantasy (!) Raptor Could be be also brown/gray skin color, not sure which one looks better Or perhaps submit one of each?
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Post by Vermin King on Feb 1, 2014 10:26:38 GMT -9
Raptors seemed to hunt in packs...
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Post by mesper on Feb 1, 2014 11:00:26 GMT -9
...Or perhaps submit one of each? Raptors seemed to hunt in packs... I knew it... OK - here's another one (the knight is just for fun) @ squirmydad - it's already after deadline - but all I need is one more day for colouring B-sides, adding borders and tabs... OK?
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Feb 1, 2014 11:41:51 GMT -9
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
- Douglas Adams
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Post by squirmydad on Feb 1, 2014 16:36:15 GMT -9
@ squirmydad - it's already after deadline - but all I need is one more day for colouring B-sides, adding borders and tabs... OK? As I am somewhat incapacitated this weekend and not really sure what day it is I can let it all slide until I'm back on my feet again-probably monday...
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Post by Vermin King on Feb 1, 2014 17:45:25 GMT -9
I hope the emphasis is on 'somewhat', not 'incapacitated'. Wishing you the best
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Post by mesper on Feb 2, 2014 2:31:41 GMT -9
OK, done! These Raptors, while smaller then dragons, are relatively big compared to 30mm infantry figurines. (both figurines are from older CW Hoard sets) PS. Just in case you need some more beasts: Dragons & Monsters Set #3 - Forest Beasts
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Post by cowboyleland on Feb 2, 2014 16:11:32 GMT -9
Is anybody else thinking about the Halfling dino riders of Ebberon?
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Post by squirmydad on Feb 3, 2014 17:28:39 GMT -9
Cool, thanks everybody for a weird assortment of entries. Now that I'm back on my feet I'm chugging along on getting all of these entries built so I can do a proper gallery presentation. Now on to Hoard #114!
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